[media-types] [IANA #1449400] application/vnd.supercar d-pro-disk-image registration request

Hi Alexey, Murray, Darrel,

We received this update from the applicant:

"I tried to contact the SuperCard-Pro manufactures
via their contact form on
https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=information/contact and the IPF
inventors via their contact form on https://softpres.org/contact and
the author of the Pasti STX file format via http://www.atari-forum.com
and asked them whether they would be interested to register the mime types
on their own. So far, I did not get an answer from anybody yet within the
last three or four weeks. So no clue how to proceed here ... could the
mime types still be registered with
an 'on behalf of' remark?"

All three of these requests (this one, vnd.pasti-stx-disk-image, vnd.softpres-ipf-disk-image) were described as OK to register pending some kind of resolution of the change controller issue. 

Are these OK to register with the change controller described this way? Phrasing taken from RFC 6838, Section 3.2:

supercard-pro:
"Thomas Huth, on behalf of CBMSTUFF.COM"
These pages point to this organization:
https://www.cbmstuff.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=52
https://www.cbmstuff.com/about_us

vnd.softpres-ipf-disk-image:
"Thomas Huth, on behalf of the Software Preservation Society"
This document points to SPS:
https://www.kryoflux.com/download/ipf_documentation_v1.6.pdf

I'm not sure how to propose a change controller field entry for vnd.pasti-stx-disk-image. The request refers to atari-forum posts I'm unable to access. There's also this document from 2014, where the authors writes, "Note: The author (Ijor) has not published the Pasti format. Therefore this description is mainly based on reverse engineering performed by Markus Fritze, P. Putnik, and myself (see references at the end of the document). Ijor has also kindly replied to several of my questions. However beware that this description of the Pasti format might contain errors":

https://info-coach.fr/atari/documents/_mydoc/Pasti-documentation.pdf

thanks,
Amanda

On Wed Apr 29 04:43:50 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> I agree with Alexey's concern.  Moreover, if SuperCard Pro or their
> representative later want to change this and Thomas is unresponsive or
> contrary for whatever reason, what process exists to resolve that situation?
> 
> If SuperCard Pro is the nominal owner of the registration, the relationship
> between them and the registrant should be more clear.
> 
> -MSK
> 
> On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 6:12 PM Amanda Baber via RT <
> [email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Darrel, Murray,
> >
> > Could you see if you'd like to add anything to Alexey's change controller
> > advice by the end of the week?
> >
> > thanks,
> > Amanda
> >
> > On Wed Apr 22 09:59:45 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> > > Hi Amanda,
> > >
> > > I am hoping than Darrel and Murray will weigh in. But see my comments
> > > below:
> > >
> > > On 13/04/2026 19:39, Amanda Baber via RT wrote:
> > > > Hi Alexey, Darrel, Murray,
> > > >
> > > > Addressing this to all of you, as Alexey mentioned that he'd like to
> > > > hear from others as to whether it's OK to list Thomas Huth as the
> > > > change controller for these:
> > > >
> > > > We heard back from Thomas in reference to this supercard request. He
> > > > wrote, "I need the mime-type for the emulator Hatari where I am
> > > > involved in (https://www.hatari-emu.org/) - that emulator recently
> > > > gained the feature
> > > > to load SuperCard Pro disk images, too. Sorry if I messed up the
> > > > registration ... do I have to contact the original
> > > > Supercard hardware manufacturer instead, and ask them to register the
> > > > mime-type?"
> > >
> > > Original hardware/software manufacturer doesn't need to initiate the
> > > registration, but I think they need to be contacted.
> > >
> > > Thomas should contact SuperCard Pro people, who are either say that it
> > > is Ok for him to be listed as the Change Controller or they should be
> > > listed as the Change Controller, but they are otherwise happy with
> > > Thomas' registration template. There is also a separate question of
> > > whether or not Thomas should be the Contact person for the
> > > registration.
> > >
> > > If Thomas contacts SuperCard Pro and gets no response, then I think
> > > this
> > > can be registered as a third party registration.
> > >
> > > If SuperCard Pro people say that they are not happy with the
> > > registration, we can have a separate discussion.
> > >
> > >
> > > Basically, I am trying to avoid the situation that SuperCard Pro
> > > people
> > > discover later on that there is a registration related to their
> > > product
> > > and that there was no attempt to make them aware of it. Does this make
> > > sense?
> > >
> > > > How should this proceed?
> > > >
> > > > Would the recommendation be the same for all three requests?
> > >
> > > Yes, I think the same issue applies to all three.
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > >
> > > Alexey
> > >
> > > >
> > > > thanks,
> > > > Amanda
> > > >
> > > > On Wed Apr 08 10:30:46 2026, [email protected] wrote:
> > > >> Hi Amanda,
> > > >>
> > > >> I don't fully understand the relationship between Thomas Huth and
> > > >> SuperCard Pro. In particular I see that Thomas is listed as the
> > > >> change
> > > >> controller and this is not a third party registration.
> > > >>
> > > >> Other than that, this would be fine to register.
> > > >>
> > > >> Best Regards,
> > > >>
> > > >> Alexey
> > > >>
> > > >> On 07/04/2026 00:09, Amanda Baber via RT wrote:
> > > >>> Hi Alexey,
> > > >>>
> > > >>> This is the first of three requests from this applicant. Can you
> > > >>> review these by April 20th?
> > > >>>
> > > >>> thanks,
> > > >>> Amanda
> > > >>>
> > > >>> =====
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Name: Thomas Huth
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Email:[email protected]
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Media type name: application
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Media subtype name: vnd.supercard-pro-disk-image
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Required parameters: N/A
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Optional parameters: N/A
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Encoding considerations: binary
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Security considerations: SuperCard Pro (SCP) disk images can store
> > > >>> the same data as a real floppy disk. That means they may contain
> > > >>> arbitrary content, including but not limited to active content.
> > > >>> Thus
> > > >>> if the users do not trust the contents of the disk image, they
> > > >>> should
> > > >>> carefully check the contents first before using it (e.g. with a
> > > >>> suitable anti-virus software to check for known malicious
> > > >>> software).
> > > >>> The SCP format also does not provide privacy or full integrity
> > > >>> protection, so if these protections are desired they must be
> > > >>> applied
> > > >>> externally.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Interoperability considerations: There are multiple versions of the
> > > >>> file format. Applications that have been written by using an older
> > > >>> version of the specification might be (partly or fully) unable to
> > > >>> use
> > > >>> SCP disk images that have been created by another application which
> > > >>> used a newer version of the specification.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Published
> > > >>> specification:
> > https://www.cbmstuff.com/downloads/scp/scp_image_specs.txt
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Applications which use this media: The SCP file format is used by
> > > >>> floppy disk preservation tools and various emulators of old
> > > >>> computers
> > > >>> that used such floppy disks.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Fragment identifier considerations: N/A
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Restrictions on usage: N/A
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Provisional registration? (standards tree only): No
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Additional information:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 1. Deprecated alias names for this type: N/A
> > > >>> 2. Magic number(s): 0x53 0x43 0x50 at byte position 0 - 2 (i.e. the
> > > >>> ASCII letters "SCP")
> > > >>> 3. File extension(s): .scp
> > > >>> 4. Macintosh file type code: N/A
> > > >>> 5. Object Identifiers: N/A
> > > >>>
> > > >>> General Comments:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Person to contact for further information:
> > > >>>
> > > >>> 1. Name: Thomas Huth
> > > >>> 2. Email:[email protected]
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Intended usage: COMMON
> > > >>>
> > > >>> SCP files are usually created by disk preservation tools like the
> > > >>> software that is used to drive the "SuperCard Pro" hardware. The
> > > >>> SCP
> > > >>> files contain the low-level flux data of the disk and thus can be
> > > >>> used to fully preserve the contents of a floppy disk. These files
> > > >>> then can be used to create a copy of the original disk, or they can
> > > >>> be used in emulators for providing the floppy disk contents to the
> > > >>> emulated system.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Author/Change controller: Thomas Huth
> > > >>>
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